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SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co could face a strike by one-third of its engineering workforce if they reject a labor contract Monday. The vote on the four-year deal will either settle a lengthy contract dispute or potentially lead to a strike that could cripple jetliner production. Ballots from the 7,500 technical engineers are due to be counted in Seattle Monday evening, with results expected around 10 pm Pacific Time (01:00 a.m. EDT). The bargaining unit of technical engineers narrowly rejected the contract last month and authorized union leaders to call a strike.

By Nick Brown NEW YORK, July 20 (Reuters) - Leaders of American Airlines' flight attendants' union will let its members vote on the company's latest contract offer, possibly heading off a threat by the carrier to abandon current labor deals and impose stricter terms unilaterally. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants' eight-member executive committee voted unanimously late o n Th ursday to send the plan to members for a vote, union spokesman Anthony DeMaio said on Fri day. American's parent, AMR Corp, declared bankruptcy in November, citing untenable labor costs, and had been mired in unsuccessful negotiations for concessions from its three primary unions.

* Vote stabilizes AMR as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy * Company considering merger and standalone restructuring options * Pilots' union continues to support merger By Nick Brown NEW YORK, Dec 7 (Reuters) - American Airlines pilots on Friday voted to ratify a new union contract, ending a years-long labor dispute and stabilizing American's parent, AMR Corp , as it tries to emerge from bankruptcy. The contract, approved by nearly three-quarters of the pilots who voted, gives the Allied Pilots' Association a 13.5 percent equity stake in AMR and offers what the union sees as a path to "industry-standard" pay, union spokesman Dennis Tajer told Reuters.

* Andina unions close contract negotiations early * Copper miners bracing for negotiation-heavy 2013 SANTIAGO, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Chilean state copper company Codelco has clinched new labor contracts with workers at its massive Andina deposit, union members said on Wednesday, as copper miners brace for a negotiation-heavy 2013. The contracts at the mine, which produced 234,000 tonnes of the red metal last year, were due to expire on Dec. 1. The 40-month agreement for the 580-strong SIL union includes a 3.2 percent salary increase as well as bonuses and loans worth 16.486 billion pesos (around $35 million)

A month after Park Ridge aldermen reaffirmed a new contract with an employees' union, members are claiming its provisions are not being adhered to by the city. Local 150 of the International Union of Operating Engineers said paychecks were hit with $68 more for health insurance co-payments since May 1, but new salary rates were not included as of that date. The contract had not been signed by both sides by then, and the union says the city cannot take the extra money from workers.

PARIS (Reuters) - Boeing said on Friday that "all options are open" after a union leader was quoted as dismissing the labor agreement to build its newest jet, the 777x. The Seattle Times on Friday reported that a union leader tore up a copy of Boeing's contract proposal in front of union members at a meeting in Seattle and said he would recommend it should be not even be put to a vote. (Reporting by Tim Hepher, Dominique Vidalon)

NEW YORK, Jan 30 (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Wednesday that wireline workers failed to ratify a new four-year labor contract that would have covered about 20,000 of its employees in the U.S. Southwest. The telephone company said it would continue to work with the Communications Workers of America union to reach an agreement. The current labor contract expires on April 6. AT&T wireline employees represented by the CWA had ratified three-year contracts for the Midwest region and a three-year contract for the Southeast region, collectively covering about 40,000 workers.

Aug 31 (Reuters) - Iron ore and coal miner Cliffs Natural Resources Inc said it has agreed with the United Steelworkers union (USW) to extend its current labor contract beyond Friday's midnight expiration while the two sides negotiate a new labor pact. The Cleveland-based company said both sides also agreed that the union will not go on strike and the company will not lock out workers without 48 hours' written notice. The contract extension covers about 2,400 USW-represented workers at Cliffs' Empire and Tilden mines in Michigan, and its United Taconite and Hibbing Taconite mines in Minnesota.